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Sitting ancestor figure "adu zatua" - Indonesia - Nias

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Sitting ancestor figure "adu zatua" - Indonesia - Nias

Item Details

Description

wood, middle brown patina, geometrical facial features with beard, fanciful headgear, paint rubbed off, insect caused damage
H: 105 cm; B: 25 cm
Provenance:
August Flick, Cologne, Germany
Lit.: Newton, Douglas (ed.), Arts of the South Seas, Munich, London, New York 1999, p. 28
Continent: Asia

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Sitting ancestor figure "adu zatua" - Indonesia - Nias

Name: Sitting ancestor figure \"adu zatua\" - Indonesia - Nias
SKU: 28923998
Price: 200 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €200 - €600

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